WATCH | 'We want Cyril', gender-violence protesters chant at WEF

04 September 2019 - 11:38

By Aron Hyman and Dan Meyer

President Cyril Ramaphosa's special adviser on gender-based violence was shouted down on Wednesday when she attempted to address protesters who gathered outside the opening session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Cape Town.

Olive Shisana emerged from the Cape Town International Convention Centre to address a crowd of students hoping to capitalise on the media attention being focused on the WEF Africa meeting.

Doctor Olive Shisana from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s interim committee tries to address a crowd of protesters outside the World Economic Forum in Cape Town. pic.twitter.com/VkoR1xYU4R

Protesters outside the World Economic Forum in Cape Town demand for the country to be shut down and a state of emergency to be declared in the wake of a week of violence against women. @TimesLIVEpic.twitter.com/NmbKHUKCtz